Storage battery.



D. P. PERRY.

STORAGE BATTERY.

APPLICATION nun) JAN. 2, 1904. RENEWED MAR. 18, 1905.

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STORAGE BATTERY.

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AGO, ILLINOIS, AND ()NlD-THH .Q

Specification oi iii-otters Patent.

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Renewed ll'l'rtffib. 18, 1963.

To all wltom it may concern:

Be it known that L'Dsvn) P. Fianna, a citizen of the United States of America, and resident of Chie'zigo, Cook county, Illinois, 5 have invented a certain new and useful I2niprovement in Storage Batteries, of which the following is a specification.

.lviy invention contemplates on improve. and highly etfieient form of alkaline store battery.

ln s storage-battery characterized by n1 invention, the negative element may he oi? any suitable known or approved. chef-ester, as, for example, it may consist of it porter ted copper tube eonteining an oXid of silver and nickel, and provided exteriorly with 0 or :i oie lovers of porous material, such pope and linen.

Theelectrolyte consists oreierohly of e plain or simple alkaline solution, such as potash or soda, and the positive element also preferably of at particular chore etor that is to soy, it consists preferably of t copper or other suitable support containing or provided with suitably prepared copper and o; tllnlllll'l, or 0th equivalent substance, such, for no ample, as on ()Xltl of these two metals, seitl oxid returning to a inetulll'e state, of course, vvlien the battery is charged, and then again assuming the form of on oxitl when the but tery is (lisohorgetli The nnture and. znlvmtu-ges of in tion will, however, heroinoitei moi near. 1

in the accompanying drawings,--l igure 1 is :1 side elevation of a storage battery involving the principles of my inventi'n, the cell or eoppo receptacle being shown in voltieul section. Fig. 2 is an enlarged vertical tore, comprise the positive anal negative oleniants, the some being broken. mm, at the :enter for convenience of illustration. lli 3 an enlarged horizontal section of the bottery shown in Fig. 1. l 1

As thus illustrated, my improved storage battery comprises other suitable motmlie cell A. This cell, as illustrated, is preferably of an upright char-.-

lt-i'lfil, and is m'luptetl to receive the vertically disposed o vlindrio structure constituting the negative and positive elements. ",i'ho said negative ament B preferably consists of e perforated copper tube 5, filled with suitable of copper to two parts 0 'l n'oiom bl v a copper or active material, or material to lz-oe tn/e, such, for es" o, pared, exit! of nivl oop'oer tulio l'v' l with soov porous m orinl o Mposei'l love of pay: oozithese layers of 'poroir lo rated inhli-ef tult l) is tigl iqetlin p lin 7 see, as l s pol I consist of n, roll or sol: s and. ot' tubular eon may oomist of e, to

'eell i e me (no he. upon bottom of t o ool support the combined liege, Flo element struot "a, when tl as shown in preferablymm r inner snil. outer o lii ,1 {j and concentrically iii-rang d. inner intlors r and g", cons tilting to grid of the pUFfltlVt element,

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suitable l u gauze. in, sue! I Wu: gauze ere nit-fore firmly in "plane on the oylmtlr the zoos l and l s; llli; i iol in howls clearly in 2 and lteld firmly in pl ier or negative ole them an annular specs or e, i so. oil 11 to receivetliepowder-l eopperend eduuuin 1-1; and it wi l b l stood that the copper l applied to suppoi't oi.

the ment in. any s ital; l'lflid, howevei, that very good e, results are obtained by ooinln oat .n

the to a powder-like oxid, and then packin or suitably introducing the copper and cadmium in this form into the annular space or chamber between the wire gauze cylinders g and g. I

An efficient and satisfactory process of pre '3 ring the copper and cadmium and the positne element is as follows: First, take a suitable quantity of copper and cadmium, pref-- aid claimed inmy (ac-pending application 0. 186755 filed by me December 26, 1903, r improvement in Process of preparing storage battery elements.

Thus it will be seen that I provide a construction and combination. of ingredients by an electrolyte consisting of a plain or s pie alkaline solution may be employed 'ith good results. The coper. cell A, pref- .ebly square in horizonta cross-section, as s; wn'in l ig. 3, makes firm contact with the xt ior surface of the positiveelement,

permitting it to serve as the ne a- /c pole of the battery. In the charge, the or it from the positive pole C down ough the conductor D, thence through the 'ative element and the electrolyte and the are element G, and finally through the H cell or receptaclev A to the negative oi the battery. The passage of a curoi' the proper character, through the cry in this manner serves to charge the y; and then. in the discharge the curoerated by the battery flows from the ve element through. the electrolyte to ative element, thence from the posi- "o is of the battery through the circuit to the cell. or copper receptacle constithe negative pole. This, however, is nude stood and does not, therefore, 35;. further description. It. will also be y understood. that during the charging e are certain chemical changes which. any take place, but which need not positive element is, however, fully described M. c battery, and also during the discharge,

be described. The battery, if constructed. according to directions, will operate well and give satisfactory results.

Preferably, the battery is, as shown, emplgyed in upright form. In other words, I it preferable to arrange the elements in a vertical position, and one within the other, as shown.

Whenplaced in the battery, the positive element, of course, con'tains'the copper and cadmiumin an oxidized condition. As soon as the battery is charged, howevenfthe oxid.

of these two metals returns to a metallic state. Then in the discharge, the metallic copper and cadmium again become an oxid.

What I claim as my invention is:

1. A storage battery comprising an up,

right copper cell, an alkaline electrolyte,'a vertically disposed and suitably constructed negative element, and a pbsitive element inclosing said negative element, said positive element consisting of concentrically arranged cylinders of copper wire gauze with an inter posed layer or mass of suitably pre arcd copper and cadmium oxid the oXid o' the positive element returning to a metallic state when the battery is charged.

2. A storage battery mo'mprising an upright metallic cell, an alkaline electrolyte, an upright cylindric and suitably constructed negative element, and a cylindrical positive element inclosing said negative element, said ositive element consisting of concentric cylinders of copper Wire gauze, with an interposed layer or mass of suitably prepared metallic oxid the exit]. of the positive element returning to a metallic state whenthe battery is charged.

3. A storage battery comprising an up right copper cell, an alkaline electrol. te, an

upright negative element consisting -o a perforated copper tube. filled with a suitably prepared 01nd and provided withan external covering of porous material, and a positive element inclosing said negative element, said positive element consisting of concentric cylinders of copper Wire gauze with. an interposed layer or mass of suitably repared oxid of copper and cadmium the oxrd of the positive element returning to a metallic state when the battery is charged.

Signed byme at Chicago, Cook county, Illinois, this 12th day of December, 1903.

DAVID P. PERRY.

Witnesses S. B. Crnrnowsrcr, WM. A. Haansns. 

